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Cape Fear

R
Movie
1991
2h 8m
English
Crime, Thriller
Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.
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Nick Nolte
Sam Bowden
Jessica Lange
Leigh Bowden
Juliette Lewis
Danielle Bowden
Joe Don Baker
Claude Kersek
Robert Mitchum
Lieutenant Elgart
Gregory Peck
Lee Heller
Illeana Douglas
Lori Davis
Fred Thompson
Tom Broadbent
Zully Montero
Graciella
Craig Henne
Prisoner
Rod Ball
Prisoner
Antoni Corone
Corrections Officer
Tamara Jones
Ice Cream Cashier
Roger Pretto
Racquetball Colleague
Parris Buckner
Racquetball Colleague
Paul Nagle Jr
Parade Watcher
Mary Ellen OBrien
Parade Watcher
Jody Wilson
Parade Watcher
Domenica CameronScorsese
Danny's Girlfriend
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
Written By: Wesley Strick (Screenplay), John D. MacDonald (Novel)

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farneyboy says...
7 years ago
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This was the first time in my life I remember being so tense watching a movie that I was literally gripping the armrest of the chair in which I was sitting. [spoiler] It was the scene in the alley where the goons are beating up De Niro and Nolte is hiding and watching [/spoiler] Of course, the Simpsons parodied this movie to perfection with an episode featuring Sideshow Bob. This was a great mixture of tension and slightly disturbing scenes. Well-directed by Scorsese.
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nmahoney416 says...
7 years ago
Bobby D playing a real creepy convict and doing it perfectly. Even I was afraid of that accent. The cinematography on the boat was great. Scorsese is pretty good at the thriller/horror movie.
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ehsans11 says...
7 years ago
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Actually, one of the best act of DE Niro. I love this great man.
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0rsalah says...
one year ago
i think this is the best Robert de niro act
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CinemaSerf
one year ago
"Cady" (Robert De Niro) is released from jail after serving eighteen years for rape. He alights on the doorstep of his erstwhile defending counsel "Bowden" (Nick Nolte) with his cigar and his red sports car and generally starts intimidating the man and his family. Why? Well it turns out that the law More
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Filipe Manuel Dias Neto
2 years ago
**A really very good movie, and proof that there are remakes that are really worth it for their quality and good execution.**

I've just seen this movie (which I've actually seen on television, but without paying enough attention to a movie I want to write something about) and once again I was ver More
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KevinSocial9697
8/10  4 years ago
This might be Robert De Niro's (Max Cady) best performance as he plays a different from his usual character in this film and honestly, he is such a likeable actor but in this film, he is genuinely creepy in every way possible and you feel how these characters feel in this film as the film gives More
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Eky
6 years ago
Meet Max Cady, the most terrific villain role De Niro ever played simply because he successfully portrayed a crook who possesses a very complex personality of being stone-cold, violent, absolutely merciless, also on the other hand quite witty and charismatic to ever lure Danielle Bowden (Juliette Le More
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